Weatherstrip molding



Dec. 28, 1948. J ME WEATHERSTRIP MOLDING Filed July 30, 1945 A INVENTOR. Clarence E Kramer BY 74 4 ,(QM P fiffdfllyfiyi.

dented Dec. 28, 1948 \v R o i 1 Kee n H L w nrHEnsirmn-Monnmm Cla nce ll-Krame rminsham lli hi ,o ApplicationJuly 30 1945,- SeniaLNo. 607;767-

o H 7-;C la i ns (Cl. 296-445) 15" o i 23 i v The inventionlrelatesl tolm tor' vehiclesgenz oel flange-indicated; at l5:- Theinnerpanelaoiq orally; and-1 it, has-. particuiarl relation to heidoon s-indicatedmtlfiand betweenthe twee W athe s ri andimoldine r us alone h e panels; a, snalfieeisnprovidedl for the v window in); fiwindong openings. Inv certain; respects, the. dicatedgatufl:

, iiztventionis; related to and. constitutes an. im-. 5 According to the present invention, aiweather-e iov e e n h t m d n: my copending-H- seal, 019 weatheri pad: 19. is provided; attthe inner a pl c onv maten i ser 8 1 fi d: ide; of. the: welding flange l; and: this seal 'isr Apiflfly 19%; ofra, softhpilev or felt material which. contacts]; 1 oneeobject of the=present-invention-, is to pro: theiwindowg-lassJL Such material issecuredto vide al cornhinediweatherstripiholdingeelement; 0f: a lighttweightecloth' or similar:- strip,-.' and: the

a a d e cprajivemold ing .SO it-hatasingle decorae. weather-pad:thusiprovided is securedto aldependal tiyastripmayihe used-@fonbothpurposesi ing leggor flanged 3:.0t'apmetal molding or. decorael,

Anotheri-obiect oi-lthe, invention islto. provides tive strip .24: The molding 2.4 maybe-considered; a construction; off this; character wherein the generally: as-of; C.- or- U: shape with the: inner:-= strip is held on a welding flange or the like d: leglid projecting.along1the1inner; side-.ofzthe i concealed; holding means of.-. such character flange. l5; whilelits outer leg indicatedat zl roee thattherstriphwill.automatically hold itself ini jeots, along the outer--sideiof theiflangel v l on oncedt isl-movedeintolplacel i In order to hold the molding in place.-.and-:: Anotherlobjectmfqthe. inventionisitoiprovide. consequently; thelweather pad in position, the an-.i mproved combination of Weatherstrip holde 2):- outerflleg. 2.5; 0--the m01dinghhasdtsfreetdge 3i% mb and e o ive moldinginvvlvingportion.-. reversely. turned" towards! the welding tw o piecesiwherein the ldecorativelmoldingaserves 7 fiangeasindicatedat 21'; and thisireversely turned both; to 1, cover-i theiholdingf stri-p land: to fasten" portion has notchesl28:so as to provide separated; th bmati .ineplacevon aweldingufiange .or tongues or prongs 29. The distance-loetweemthe edgesnof ithelprongswand the leg 23eisnsuchthat Qther objects Oil the; invention, will: become? when theimoldingiis pressed downwardlyoover the-- apparefit from theofollowing,specification; from welding flange, the prongs and-leg 23 must rethe drawings relating thereto, andi from the 'silientlvmei spread apart furtherthan normal; claims hgreina iteresetforth. andsasiaresult-the prongs resiliently biteinto 4 Eo ,o a bettelgunderstandingeofrthesinvention; -or-engagettheouter side of: the flange. Conr g enpegnay. b el ihadeto. the-drawings. wherein: sequentlm onceythee molding ispressed down- 1; isea siclelviewv of! an; automobile door weirdly/over theiwelding fiange, it strongly resists hgying a;decorativeimoldingsanchweatherstripiv reverse movement' and the molding will beheldar I ngem enticonstructedsacpordingtto lone -form; firml iin position. g tne inventiomt .35 In; the. construction shown by Fig. 3, the Egg, 2- iisia crossesectionalvieweonallargenscalea weather pad, indicated at I9, is fastened'to-a tglgenisubstantiqllyfi ongathe lined-Ell ot Fig-11:1 separatermetal-astrip 30 which is generally of--U Fig ,-viewrsiigoilarloisFiglv 2'illustrating an shapeandl-thisstrip straddles the-welding-flange otherjorrnroftheinvention;- lsfi witl'lfn-the stri'p 30- inplace, the decorative Fig, 4eista;similariview-oi still another form 4o-molclinge24i 15: applied over the strip-and the; of the invention; prongst29 act -to hold the assembly on the-: weld Fig. 5 illustrates a weatherseal holding strip ingrfiange-s' It will 'be-noted-that theouter leg cgnstrncted gcording to; one form og the invenoil'the stripn3llhis shorter than the inner leg so tion, as seen removed from the o9 as $110.; allow; the. prongs29- to directly engage or Fig. 6 is a yieyy or another f oi weather- '45 contactihevwelding.flange.= Also it will-benoted seal holdingstrip constructed according to anthatlthe innerelegiof the decorativemolding -24;

other io gm of the invention;;,.and, v w is, shorter than =the leg 23" seen in'Fig. 2," so-as- 7 a viewoiithe,decorative moldingdn toeavoid; interferencewith the. pile portion of 4. se when removedo theiweatherepadg It should he understood that vehicle is indicated at 10 and a window opening over the welding flange and that thereafter the therein is indicated at H. As shown in par molding 24 may be applied, although it would ticular by Fig. 2, the door is provided with an be possible to assemble the parts first and then outer panel l2 and a re-eniorcing panel l3, and place the assembly over the welding flange as a these are welded to each other to form a weld- 55 unit.

fiei eri ie e Ei s....1. enema theidooa'oreihe the strip 3|l1:carry-ing athe pad: l9; ayb 1 dt In the construction shown by Figs. 4 and 7, the weatherseal indicated at [9 is fastened to the inner leg 3| of a generally U-shaped retaining versely turned portion extends under the outer leg of the holding strip and has prongs 29 as v ing the retainer with one edge hooked over and shown in Fig. '7, which engage the outer wall of the welding flange. The two parts are assembled,

it should be evident that once they are assembled,

it is only necessary to press the assembly over the welding flange.

Fig. 5 shows a weatherseal retaining strip 38 generally of U shape with the base portion of the strip and portions of the legs slotted as indicated at 39.50 as to facilitate bending the strip in the plane of its legs. This strip may be used in an assembly such as shown by Fig. 4.

J The structure shown by Fig. 6 may also be used in place of the holding strip 32 shown in Fig. 4, and comprises a U-shaped strip indicated at 40 having spaced corrugations 42 adapted to facilitate bending the strip in the plane of the glass or in other words, in the plane of the legs of the strip.. The base portion of this strip is provided with spaced struck out tongues indicated at 4|,

and these tongues are adapted to co-operate with theleg 34 of the molding seen in Fig. 4 in order to hold the molding in place. In other words, the leg 34 of the molding is adapted to snap over the tongues 41.

Although more than one form of the invention has been illustrated and described in detail, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without-departing from the scope of the claims.

- What, is claimed is:

1. In combination Witha welding flange or the like along the margin of a Window opening, .a sealing materialon the inner side of the flange, a U shape retainer straddling the flange and holding the sealing material in place, a channel shape molding having one edge portion turned and engaged under the outer edge of the outer leg of the retainer and having its other edge por-v tion sprung over the base of the. retainer, and prongs on the inner edge of the turned portion engaging the flange for holdingthe molding on theflange.

2. In combination with a welding flange or the like along the margin of a window. opening, a sealing material on the inner side of the flange, a U. shape retainer straddling the flange and holding the sealing material in place, a channel shape molding having one edge portion turned and engaged under the'outer edge of .the outer I ment with the flange; so as 'to permitassembly' by pressing the retainer overthe flange.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a generally U shape sealing strip retainer adapted to straddle a welding flange or the like along a window opening, and a C shape molding embracing the base and one leg of the strip and having one edge portion projecting over and to the inner side of said leg and terminating in projections adapted tov engage the welding flange to hold the assembly on the latter. h 4 h 4. .-An article of manufacture comprising a generally U shape sealing strip'retaineradapted to straddle a welding flange or the like along a window opening, and a C shape molding embracengaging the outer side of one leg of the latter, theouter edge portion of the molding projecting beyond and then inwardly over the free edge of the other leg of the retainer and having its edge notched out to form projections between the notches which are adapted to engage the welding flange to hold the assembly on the latter.

5. In combination-With a Weldingflange orthelike along the margin of a window opening, a-

sealing strip disposed along the inner side of the flange for engagement with a window glass,"a

channel shape molding strip straddling the flange and having the free edge portion on-itsouter legreversely turned towards the flange andiprovided with linearly spacednotches so as to form prongs between the notches, said. prongs engaging the flange to holdthe' molding thereon, the other legof the molding'strip extending along the inner;

side of the. flange and engaging the sealing strip soas to hold it in Window.

place for engagement with the 6. .Incombination with a welding flange or'the 5 like along the margin of a Window opening, a;

sealing strip alongthe inner side of the flange, a" retainer strip extending along the flange and with linearly spaced notches so as to form prongs between the notches, the prongs engaging-the flange to hold the molding thereon.

7. An article of manufacture comprising a s'ealing strip retainer having a wall adapted to extend along the inner side of a welding flange or-the'" like of a window opening andihaving a base portion adapted to "extend laterally outwardly overthe edge of the flange, and a channel shape mold ing having one edge portion embracing the baseportion of the retainer and having its other edge portion notched out at linearly spaced points to provideprongs which are-adapted to engage the welding flange to hold the assembly thereon.

. CLARENCETF. KRAMER. 1i

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